Research Activities > Publications
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Waehlisch, Martin (2009): 10 Questions on Peace Mediation. Interview with Herbert C. Kelman. Berlin: Center for Peace Mediation (European University Viadrina, Humboldt-Viadrina School of Governance).
This new interview series by the Center for Peace discusses developments in peace mediation with international conflict resolution scholars. Meeting with eminent academics and practitioners, the series aims to draw lessons learned from past and ongoing mediation processes. The first interview was conducted with Harvard University scholar Herbert C. Kelman, who has been working with Israelis and Palestinians to build peace in the Middle East For more than 30 years.
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Kirchhoff, Lars (2009): Linking Mediation and Transitional Justice. The Use of Interest-Based Mediation in Processes of Transition, in: Ambos, Kai; Large, Judith; Wierda, Marieke (eds.): Building a Future on Peace and Justice, Studies on Transitional Justice, Conflict Resolution and Development The Nuremberg Declaration on Peace and Justice. Springer, pp.237-260.
This book comprises the results by international scholars and practitioners of the 2007 Nuremberg Conference on Peace and Justice concluding that both theory and policy must be refined for very practical application in situations emerging from violent conflict or political repression. The aim of the contributing article on peace mediation is to further develop and define the relationship between the challenges of
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Lanz, David; Waehlisch, Martin; Kirchhoff, Lars; Siegfried, Matthias (2008): Evaluating Peace Mediation. Brussels: Initiative for Peacebuilding.
This paper proposes a general framework for evaluating international mediation activities. Its main purpose is to provide a tool for observers, donors and desk officers to achieve better quality control of mediation processes, while also facilitating critical reflection and lessons learnt among mediators. The paper is the result of a collaborative effort of the Mediation Support Project of swisspeace and the Center for Peace Mediation for the Mediation Cluster of the Initiative for Peacebuilding.
http://www.peacemediation.de/pub/Evaluating_Peace_mediation.pdf
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Kirchhoff, Lars (2008): Constructive Interventions. Paradigms, Process and Practice of International Mediation. The Hague: Kluwer Law International (Series Global Trends in Dispute Resolution).
In the contemporary discipline of conflict resolution, adjudication and alternative dispute resolution (ADR) are often seen as antagonistic trends. This book contends that bringing these trends together is most promising for an effective system of international justice. The study exposes the contemporary structural barriers to effective conflict resolution, defining where adjudication ends and ADR – and particularly the recent development of mediated third party intervention from an ‘art’ to a veritable ‘science’ – must come into play.
http://www.kluwerlaw.com/Catalogue/titleinfo.htm?ProdID=9041126856&name=Constructive-Interventions
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Kirchhoff, Lars; Kraus, Anne Isabel; Waehlisch, Martin (2008): Interest-based Methods in International Peacemaking. Symposium Report. European-University Viadrina, Project Humboldt-Viadrina School of Governance. Berlin, 3-5 April 2008.
The report summarizes the results of the Symposium “Interest-based Methods in International Peacemaking” at the Project Humboldt-Viadrina School of Governance in Berlin, 3-5 April 2008. It concludes with policy recommendations on how to strengthen international peace mediation structures.
http://www.peacemediation.de/pub/CPM_Symposium0408.pdf
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Kirchhoff, Lars (2007): Linking Mediation and Transitional Justice. Study “From Mediation to Sustainable Peace”. International conference Building a Future on Peace and Justice. Nuremberg, 25-27 June 2007.
The aim of this paper is to further develop and define the relationship between the challenges of transitional justice and different models of mediation. The paper discusses which mediation styles and techniques should be employed and what role mediation can play both in dealing with the different areas of transitional justice and in designing the larger framework of transition processes. In addition, the paper offers recommendations on how to elicit and integrate the specific (and potentially conflicting) interests of both, the direct parties and the international community, during the design of transition processes.
